Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church

Organized in 1896, this congregation built its first sanctuary, a small wooden structure, on a nearby lot donated by W. I. Porter. The present brick church was dedicated on January 1, 1920, by Pastor C. J. Smith.

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Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church - Dade City

Freedtown AME was organized in the late 1800s at Lake Buddy. This congregation moved into Dade City and became known as Mount Zion AME Church. A frame meeting house built in 1903 served as the parsonage. The present building, dedicated ...

St. Peter Claver School

St. Peter Claver is the oldest black school, public or private, still functioning in Hillsborough County. Opened on February 2, 1894, it was destroyed by arson ten days later. The Catholic Church rebuilt the school one year later at its ...

St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church - Tampa

The St. Paul AME congregation dates back to 1870. The original church structure, a brick vernacular building with Gothic and Romanesque detailing, was erected in downtown Tampa between 1906 and 1917. With its large sanctuary, balcony and basement, this church ...

Robert W. Saunders Public Library

The Ybor City Library was renamed in 2003 for Robert W. Saunders, former Field Secretary of the NAACP. Saunders followed in the footsteps of Harry T. Moore who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan on Christmas night 1951. In ...

North Franklin Street Historic District

Roughly bordered by Florida Avenue, East Fortune Street, Franklin Street and East Harrison Street.

A sparsely settled area of private wood-frame dwellings and businesses, this neighborhood formed around 1900 and peaked during the 1930s. A segregated area until the 1960s, ...

Helping Hand Day Nursery (Private)

Opened in 1924 by Inez Boyer, this school is located in the historic Central Avenue neighborhood, one of Florida's oldest black business districts. Previous students include former Florida State Senator James Hargrett, Tampa City Council Chair Gwen Miller and the ...

The Dr. Walter Smith Library

Dr. Smith is a former President of Florida A & M University and author of The Magnificent Seven and A History of Black Community Colleges in Florida.

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Black History and Art Museum

Located inside the Paradise Missionary Baptist Church, this museum is in the heart of the historic Central Avenue neighborhood once called The Scrubs. The building was constructed in 1891 as the Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church. The museum includes ...

Glover School

Hillsborough County Historic Landmark

In 1866, freed slaves from East Hillsborough County founded the community of Bealsville-named for Alfred Beal, a member of one of the original families. Since the beginning of the community, education was important to its residents. ...